Frank Desch, Silver Roses,
watercolor on paper
20 x 14 inches
signed lower left

Painter Frank Desch was born in 1873 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He lived in Provincetown, Massachusetts and later in New York City. He studied under William Merritt Chase and Charles Hawthorne; and Biloul in Paris. Desch was a member of the Allied Artists of America, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Salmagundi Club, and the Provincetown Art Association.

This rare watercolor was included in Cindy Nickerson's  1999 landmark exhibition, A Century of Impressionism on Cape Cod and was also featured on the back cover of the accompanying Cape Cod Museum of Fine Art's catalogue. The show also traveled to the St. Botolph Club in Boston.

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Estates:
Works from the Estates of Lillian Meeser and Marion Hawthorne

The gallery continues to represent works from many important artist estates including sculptor Bernard Simon, and Doris Lindo Lewis. Most recently, we are proud to represent works from the estates of Marion Hawthorne and Lillian Meeser. We are also pleased to represent for sale works from the the estate of the late Robyn S. Watson, gallery owner and former Executive Director of the Provincetown Art Association and Museum.